US835170A - Railway-car. - Google Patents

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PATENTED NOV. 6, 1906.

W. T. VAN BORN. RAILWAY GAR.

ou'xo No. 835,170. PATENTED NOV. 6, 1906 W. T. VAN BORN. RAILWAY GAR.

APPLUATION FLED MAY 2,1906.

b SHEETS-SHEET 2.

PATENTED NOV. 6, 1906.

W. T. VAN DOEN. RAILWAY GAR.

PPLIOATIDN FILED 11m12.190s.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 3 No. 835.170. PATENTED NOV. 6, 1906.

` W. T. VAN BURN.

RAILWAY GAR.

AYPLITION FILED MAYlZ, 1906.

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W. T. VAN DORN. RAILWAY GAR.

APPLIO RTICIN FILED MAY 12 1906A b SHEETS-SHEET frame for the carsl I railway-cars, and more WILLIAM T. VAN BORN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1906.

Application Bled May 12, 190B. Serial No. 816.478.

To r11/ whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. VAN- DORN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Cars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the Ietters of reference marked thereon, which form a plart of this specification.

his invention relates to improvements in particularly to railway-cars constructed of metal, such as steel.

Heretofor'e railway-cars have been constructed either of wood or partly of wood and partly of steel, known as the composite construction, or wholly of steel, as is the case with many kinds of flat or gondola cars and dumping-cars; but the ordinary boxcar or passenger-cars are still constructed almost wholly of wood, except, perhaps, the under- These constructions in which wood is wholly or largely used have resulted in frightful accidents, owing to the burning of wrecks before the passengers. or

' train-crew can be extricated, and aside from the loss of life and property thus occasioned and thel suffering entailed, owing to the structural' weakness of such construction, have resulted4 in large annual expense. for

reconstruction and maintenance each year.

The increased weight of rolling-stock h as not been adequately met by increased strength in car construction, and in consequence the ordinary use of cars soon wears them ont and breaks them up.

It is particularly noticeable upon visiting` a railroad-yard that the ends of cars, however constructed, are subjected to the greatest strcsscs and receive the greatest damage, and it is rare to inspect a large number of cars without iindinpr a considerable percentage with thc ends and corners either broken away entirely or badly shattered and damaged..

lith this in view the object of lny'invcntion is to provide a car Vadapted for use` for passenger, freight, mail, bagr 1rage, or eX ress use constructed wholly o steel an to strengthen and reinforce the same in suc manner as to afford great strength at the points of greateststress and shock--namely, at the ondstherebyobviating eighty per cent. of the rcpairso'thcrwise necessary.

It is a further object. of my invention to afford a construction in which the sides are constructed of plates of any suitable width and some of which have a length equal to the total height of the side of the car and extend downwardly and are riveted beneath and to the side sills.

It is a further object of my invention to construct a car each' plate of the roof of which exends entircl across the car, af fording the arch for t ic roof, and is iangcd downwardly on the side plate and riveted thereto.

It is also an object of the invention to afford an exceptionally strong interior metallic body-frame for the car, increasing enormously the strength of the saaie.

It is the purpose of my invention to so construct the car and inclose it for any purpose as to render the same practically indestructible, and while afordingr a relatively light car to so arrange and construct the inner carframe members as to afford a maximum amount of space within the car.

The invention embraces many novel features, and consists in the matters hereinafter described, and more fully pointed out and defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 tion, partly in longitudinal section, of a car embodying my invention, showing` the same constructed as a box-car. Fig. 2 is an enlarged end elevation of thc car-body. Fig. 3 is a transverse section thereof. Figffl is a central vertical section of one of the car ends. Fig is a transverse section of the same,

. D showing the end provided with a central 1s a fragnnmtary face hinged door, Fig. (i view of the same Fig. a fragmentar)Y view, in side elevation, showing thc side of the car provided with reinforcing and stillening corrugations similar to the ends of the car. Fig. 8 is a vertical section taken on line 8 8 ol' Fig` 7. Fig. 9 is an enlarged transverse seei m illustrating the joint bctwcen adjacent plates and the inner reinforc ing-ribs of thc frame members. Fig. 10 is an enlarged fragmentary detail of one of the joints of the inner truss-frame- Fig. v11 ,is a fragmentary top plan view showing.; the con rugated roof. Hg. 12 is a transverse section of the same.` Fig. 13 is a longitudinal section thereof.

As shown in the drawings, the underl'rame` of the car comprises pressed-steel inwmlly is a side eleva- IOC- I Sach corrugations may be provided.

facing channels A, affording the side sills and I-beam center sills A. The end sills a` may be constructed as channels, if desired. The transverse sills o intcrniediatc the end sills a, are of pressed steel and comprise transverse sections sha ed to lit into the channel of' the side sills an between the flanges and against the webs of the ccntcr sills and, as shown, adapted to be rigidly secured in place, with suitable filling-sections a2 between the I- beam-center sllls, by means of rivets or bolts.

`Metal plates B, preferably of a width a proximately an exact divisor of length of tE oar, Met-ian ed `at the bottom to engage be- 'neath thesir c sills and are riveted u wardly through the lower flanges thereof an are of-a length to extend to the roof of the car. Said platesB overlap .and areY riveted to each adjacent late. Should windows or doonopenings required in the side walls, the same may bei provided by cutting away of a plate orfplates or by the omission or part omission of one or more plates between the top of the side sill and the car-top. The ends Vof the car ,are similarly secured beneath the end sills, andes-ch of .said ends comprises a single plate of pressed metal of the requisite thickness-and size to afford the entire end. of the car and is Ranged at the ed es to extend beneath the eudsill and exten within the side plates and the top of the car. Said ends are pressed outwardly at the center to afford concentric corrugations in builseye form, which project outwardly .and the outermost corrugationor rib of which coincides ap roximatel y orasnear as may be with the sides, to i, and bottoni of each end plate, as shown in `igs. 3 and 4; Said corrugwtion, as shown, provides an outwardly iressed convex center of the buli's-eye c an( concentric rounded ridges of progressively less projection, (indicated by c2c es) and obviously any desired number of Each of said ribs or corrugations braces the adjacent ortion of the plate. In conse uence the p` te when formed presents, in e eet, a trussed or bracing construction, and to press Said corrugations inwardly would necessitate i Spreading the entire end of the car. Should it be desired, a central door C2 ina he` provided in each oi' said end plates, as indicated in the end plate C", and comprises the lirst two cornigations. Said door, as shown, is hinged, but may bc otherwise Secured to the plate, and when engaged in place is of' such strength as to resist all blows or impacts likely to he delivered thereto. Tliebottoi-n or floor of the car comprises rnetallicplates I), which are ol' a length to cxtendtransversely of the car Land alord flanges at each end thereof for riveting to the side plates. If desired, said plates may be covered with-an.

suitable fireproof composition or wood particularly in the case of express, baggage, or mail cars, though, of course, a wooden fioor is not necessary.

The top of the car comprises plates [C of a length to extend transversely 'for the entire width of the car and to flange down over the side plates, as shown in Fig. 3. Said plates are riveted to the u per ends of the side plates for the entire ength of the car and ,overlap each other at the seam, as do the side riveted through its flanges into the middle of the top or roof, and the web projects downwardly. On each side of the same and interrnediate said ridge and the side walls of the car are angles f, the webs of which project downwardly. Extending peripherally around the interior of the car at each seam or joint from the fioor upwardly along the side and around the roof and down on the opposite side are bars or Uirths G, which, asshown in Fi 9, are anglears provided with laterall yf-directed anges g, lying in substantially the saine plane and through which, as shown, the same are riveted to the side and top plates. The flanges g'being riveted to adjacent plates they add enormously to the strength of the construction. As shown also, said bars or girthsare bent downwardly to pass beneath and bear upwardly against the webs of said angle-bars fand the T-bar F without euttingVand thus brace `and support the roof. Braces or truss-hars G', constructed ol angle-bars similar to the angle-bars G and likewise provided with laterally-directed flanges g, are cut at their ends to fit to said vertical angle-bars and extend ohliquely across and are riveted to each of -the side plates, extending from the bottom of one of said vertical bars G to the top of the ad jacent. i

Each of the ends in which a door is not provided is braced. by a transverse channel- )cani H of pressed steel shaped to fit the ends of the car, as shown in Figs. 3 and `4, .and which is rigidl secured thereto by riveting or in any suita le manner. Bearing against the same are upri ht channels or hans `whielri extend from the oor tothe roof.o the car and bear against said bar H and against the end plate and serveto rigidly brace theontire end. `Of course ifa door -is provided through the end at its center, as 4shown in Secured on said roof is the usual cen,

5 and 6, two of said bars H will be used, one above a'nd the other below the center. In the construction shown in Figs. 7 and 8 side lates B' of the car are likewise provide with concentric corrugations of bullseye. These may be arranged in any desired manner and number in the plate, though, owing to the plates being narrower and the desirability of maintaining the uniformity of width of the car, the bulls-eye fir corrugae tions are relativel small in diameter, and sev,- eral are arrange closel upon each plate.

The operation is as fo lows: The sides bein rigidly r1veted to the channeled side sills an rigidly secured to the floor-plates are eX- ceedingl .strong along the iloor of the car. These p atcs being made of suiiicient gage and each of thc scams or joints being reinforced by the angle-bars G and the bracing members G and braced by the roof,which flanges down over the same, it follows that even though the car be made entirely of plain sheets enormous strength in roportion to weight would be secured. owever, by forming in the ends and possibly in the sides cncentric corrugatons pressed from the plate said corrugatlons, as 1s well known,

enormously stillen the plate and add enormously to the strength of the same to resist impact, and this increase in strength or resistin power is provided at the ends of the car w 1ere, as is well known, impact is most severe. As shown, the roof EZ is also formed ofplates which have ressed ccrrugations therein on each side ci)l the running-board, This is of course of great value in stifening the construction and enables a light but very strong roof to be made. y

In the construction shown it is obvious that though the weight of the car end plate is proportionately not greater than the weight of the side plates its power to resist impact without deformation very greatly exceeds the resisting power of the side plate `emplo ed.

I'f desired, such endswmay be provi ed in existing wooden-car-bodies, thus greatly increasing' the strength of the construction.

While I have shown in thc drawings an ordinary freight-car constructed in accordance with my invention, as clearly herein indicated, I do not pur ose limiting this application to any particullir type of car, as it is obviously adaptable for passenger., mail, and express services, well as for freight and bag gage; use, and obviously when so used necessary car-openings may bc provided where deaired, and of course a wooden {loor is in no sense necessary and may be dispensed with, in which event no material of a combustible nature enters into the s1Y ructuro of thc car.

Obviously any suit able metal may be used and details of construction may be varied without departing from the principles of my invention` I claim as mv invention- 1. A metallic car-body provided with pressedstcel metallic ends projecting outwardly at the center and corrugated concentrically.

2. A. ci r-body of thc class described whorein one or more of the metal plates forming the same is provided with concentric out wardly-prcsscd corrugations.

A car-body of the class described coniprising plates riveted together to afford the side an( end walls some of said plates being corrugated in concentric outwardly-pressed corrugations.

4. A metallic car-body, the ends of which are provided with outwardly-pressed concent'ric corrugations.

5. A metallic oar-body comprisil f overlapping side and end plates some o which are corrugated concentrically.

6. A car-body of the class described comprising overlapping end and side plates riveted together, a metallic reinforcement covering the joint and riveted to each plate at each joint, one or more of said plates being corrugated and pressed outwardly at the cor rugation said corru ations increasing in size toward the center o the plate.

7. In a dar of the class described, a metal end, pressed outwardly at the center in con centric corrhgations.

8. In a car of the class described, pressedsteel ends, `flanged to engage within the side and roof plates and to the sill and outwardlyressed concentric corrugations therein, reinlorcin and stiflening said ends.

9. n a car of the class described corrugated pressed-)stcel ends atl'ording outwardlypressed oorrugations of a bulls-eye form.

10.7A, car of the class described provided with pressed-steel ends affording outwardlypressed concentric corrugations bracing the end of the car and a door at the center of the bulls-eve,

11 In a pressed-steel-car construction thc combination with channeled inwardly-facing side sills, of side walls comprising overlapped plates of steel riveted along the joints and riveted to the lowerV flange of thc channel, side sills, a floor of sheet metal within the car flanged and riveted to the opposite side plates of the car.

l2. ln a pressed-steel-car construction the combination with channeled inwardly-1" acing side sills, of side walls comprising overlapped plates of steel riveted along the joints and riveted to the lower flange of the channel, side sills, a floor of sheet metal within the car flan ed and riveted to the opposite side plates of t e car and a roof comprising trai'isvcrse roof-plates of a length to flange down, over and rivet to the corresponding side plates and arched to afford the pitch of the roof:

13, ln a presscd-stecl-car construction the combination with channeled inwardly-faring IOC side sills, of side Walls .comprising overlapped plates of steel riveted alol the joints and riveted tothe lower flange o the channel side sills, a floor of sheet metal within the car lian ed and riveted to the opposite side plates of t e car `and a roof comprising transverse roof-plates of a length to flange down over and rivet to the correspondin I side plates and arched to afford .the pitch o the roof and a central longitudinal rib of structural metal supporting the center of the roof.

14. 4In a pressed-steel-car construction Ithe combination with channeled inwardly-facing side sills7 of side walls comprising overlapped plates of steel riveted along the 'oints and riveted to and beneath the lower ange of the channel side sills, a floor of sheet metal within the car flanged and lriveted -to the opposite side plate of the car, aroof comprising transverse roof-plates rof a length to flange down over and rivet to the corresponding side plates and arched to aiiord the pitch to the roof, a central longitudinal ridge of structural metal supporting the center of the roof, and reinforcing structural bars riveted to adjacent plates and extending peripherally around the interior of the car at each seam or joint.

15. In a pressed-steel-car construction the combination with channeled inwardly-facing side sills, of side walls comprising overlapped plates of steel riveted alon the joint and riveted to the lower flange o the channel side sills, a floor of sheet metal Within the car flanged and riveted to the opposite side plate of the car, a roof comprising transverse roofplates of a length to flange ydown over and rivet to the side plates and archc'l to afford the pitch of the roof, a central longitudinal ridge of structural metal supporting` the center of the roof and reinforcing structural hars riveted to adjacent -plates to reinforce the same at the joints and extending peripherally around the interior of the car at each seam and bent to extend beneath the reinforcing and su porting members for thereof.

16. n a pressed-steel-car construction thel combination with steel side sills, of side walls comprising overlapped plates of steel riveted along the joint and riveted to the side sills and a floor of sheet metal Within the car flanged and riveted to the side plates, a roof comprising transverse roof-plates of a length to flange down over and rivet to the side plates and arched to aflord the pitch to the roof, a central longitudinal ridge of structural metal supporting the center of the roof and reinforcing structural bars riveted lo adjacent p ates and extending peripherally around the `interior of the car at ear-b. seein and bent to extend beneath the supporting members of the roof and diagonal truss members riveted to the sideplates and extending from the bottoni of one joint to the top vof the next.

17. A car of the class described embracing a structural metal underl'rame, plates riveted thereto and to corresponipng roof-plates and prcssed-steel--car ends eac 1 comprising an outwardly-bulging center in bulls-i-.yc forni.

1-8. A car of the class described embracing a structural metal underfraine, plates rivet-- ed thereto and to corresponding roof-plates and pressed-steel-car ends each comprising an outwardly-bulging corrugated portion of' bulls-eye form.

19. A car of the class described embracing a structural metal frame, side plates riveted thereto and to correspondiner roof-jilates and ressed-steelcar ends each rhaving a -central indulging corrugated portion and reinforcing members within the car end acting to strengthen the same. y

20. A car of the class described embracing channeled pressed-steel side sills,'sidc plates mutually overlapping each other and flanged to extend beneath and to rivet to thc lower flange of the sill, bottoni. plates flanged to rivet at their ends to opposite side plates, top plates Hanging over the side plates and riveted thereto and reinforcing members riveted to adjacent side plates and roof-plates and covering the joint, said reinforcing members comprising each an angle-bar flanged at its edge to engage on cach plate.

2l. A structural-steel and sheet-metal car having in its side and ends pressed, concentric corrugations projecting therefrom.

22j. In a car, pressed-steel corrugated ends the corrugations thereof increasing in. size centrallyr of the same.

In a railway-ear concentrically corrugated end plates ol' metal.

24. In a metallic car, corrugated ends, said corrngations extending Vconcentrically from the middle.

25. ,ln a car, a corrugated metal car end bulging outwardly at its center and metallic braces on the inner side thereof.

26. A steel `car having pressed corrugations in the ends, sides and top said end corrugations decreasing in size from the center outwardly.

27. A metallic car having corrugated ends and ribbed corrugations on each side of the roof beyond the running-board.

28. A car of the class described having pressed corrugations in its roof extending from its side to the running-board.

29. In a car of the class described, a bodyframe, side and end Walls of she'et metal; flanged and riveted beneath the margins of the frame and a roof flanged over said walls. there being outwardly-pressed concentric corrugations in said walls decreasing in size from the center outwardly.

30. In a car of the class described, a bodyframe, ,side Walls thereonJ a on th/side walls and outwardly-dis ed end Walls having concentric enrrnsraticns therein.

roof su ported estava 31. In a car of the class described the combination with a body-fran1e,-of a plurality of sheets of metal riveted beneath the same and extending upwardly therefrom, and each having a plurality of concentric corrugations therein, dished car ends and a roof supported on said sides and ends.

32.- A. car having corrugated, metallic ends, each dished from the margin centrally.

33. A car of the class described, havin corrugated metallic side and end walls, said end Walls being dished centrally.

34. A car of the class described having structural sills, side )lates engaged thereto and to each other,end plates engaged to'said sill and the adjacent side lates, said plates having corrugations and e corrugations of each plate being on a different plane, an openingr in said end plate, a corrugated con- Vex roof engaged to the sides and end plates, a pluralityl of structural braces for said roof and braces for the sides of said car each supporting the braces of the roof.

35. A car of the class described having metallic sills of side plates engaged thereto and to each ad'nccnt side plate, end plates engaged to sai sills and the adjacent side plates; said'plates having concentric corru- `gations, convex corruvatcd top plates engaged to said side andv end plates, interior structural braces for said roof, braces strengthening said side and end lates, and supporting the rcobbraces an auxiliary braces for said side braces.

'In testimony whereof' I have hereunto subscribed my naine in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM T. JAN DOEN Witnesses W. W. VVITHENBURY, WM. C. SMi'rn.

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